The easiest method of getting the beta/trunk version is to download it from http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/ using the link at the bottom of the page called '''[http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/?view=tar Download GNU tarball]'''. This is easy to get and install, but is probably a few weeks old. If you want to get the freshest code, you'll have to do a little more work. See [[Running a development version of Gramps]].

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The easiest method of getting the beta/trunk version is to download it from http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/ using the link at the bottom of the page called '''[http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/?view=tar Download GNU tarball]'''. This is easy to download, it is the freshest code, and you will have to do a little more work. See [[Running a development version of Gramps]].

If you are running Linux and a variation of Debian (Ubuntu), then you can download the .deb file and install it directly.

If you are running Linux and a variation of Debian (Ubuntu), then you can download the .deb file and install it directly.

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Otherwise, you should download the tar.gz file. Here is the basic installation instructions, assuming that the tar.gz file is in your current directory:

Otherwise, you should download the tar.gz file. Here is the basic installation instructions, assuming that the tar.gz file is in your current directory:

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tar xfz gramps-2.90.0-beta.tar.gz

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tar xfz gramps-3.4.0.0-trunk.tar.gz

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cd gramps-2.90.0-beta

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cd gramps-3.4.0.0-trunk

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

make

make

Revision as of 16:00, 28 September 2011

GRAMPS trunk is the newest version of GRAMPS, but it is under development. You can help by trying this version and reporting feedback and bugs. Before embarking on this you should first read this page.

A word of caution: trunk is currently considered a development version and not for use on your real data. You can test trunk on a copy of your data though. See below for more details.

You should not install GRAMPS trunk as that will overwrite your regular GRAMPS. However, you can download and compile trunk locally, largely without interfering with your regular GRAMPS. Subtle interactions are easy to resolve for developers.

Warning: you will not be able to load translations on /usr/local/share/locale, because you will load /usr/share/locale, which could be translations for stable release (set on gramps.py).
You may generate a custom launcher by adding this line:

export GRAMPSI18N=/usr/local/share/locale

if you want to use an other path, you may add this line:

export GRAMPSI18N=@prefix@/share/locale

on current gramps.sh.in (source file) before compillation and installation.

running parallel versions of trunk and branches

As stated in Installing GRAMPS 3, you can only have a dedicated gramps.mo file on /usr/share/local/xx/.. . If you want to have both the trunk and branches version with separate translations, consider using some Virtual Machines.

At the moment I experiment with this setup:

Ubuntu 7.10: running VirtualBox

VM1: Linux Mint : on this machine I build and installed trunk. This means running ./autogen script, make AND do a make install (as root)

VM2: Fedora 8 : on this machine I build and installed branches. This means running ./autogen script, make AND do a make install (as root)